Me: Hey, sorry to bother you. Grace Draven: No problem. What's up? Me: Do you know what chevon is? Grace: ... No. Never heard that before. It sounds French. What is it? Me: Goat meat. Grace: Huh. Me: Apparently, it's chevon, except if you are in India or Pakistan where it is
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The App Guide
The app is live! Wooo! ::waits to se if something explodes:: We have a handy, dandy app install guide for you. If you are experiencing troubles or see something weird on there, quit the app and restart it. The turn it off and turn it back on solution is still, apparently, the best,
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The App and Other Adventures
Happy Monday. We were out of town this weekend. ::looks at a previous post featuring a Friday bonus scene:: 994 comments? 994? 28,513 views. ::rubs face:: Okay. Message received. Horde has spoken. I have a bunch of boring updates for you. Vellum. I am so sorry, we are
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Our Deepest Condolences to Dolly Parton’s Family
Dolly Parton passed away today at the age of 80, peacefully, in her home in Nashville. She was a remarkable person, generous to a fault and very kind. Most people celebrate Dolly Parton for her music, which is timeless. But we celebrate her for her efforts to promote reading. In 1995 Dolly
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Favorite Species
Dizzy Hill Studios asked us to clarify some things. Ilona Andrews App - this is a book-journaling style app that's being beta tested right now. It lists our series, presents blog posts, has quotes, progress rewards, etc. Wanderer Chronicles: Out Of Orbit - this is a farming sim video game set
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Coworker Conversations
Me, reading editorial notes out loud: ... doesn’t currently feel like a strong enough reason for Maggie to go through this whole ordeal. Could we get a more emotional moment... Gordon: Really? I thought it was strong enough. Me: It's not. Gordon: Why? Me, trying to rub away fatigue with
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Falling Prices and Other Adventures
First things first. This Kingdom Lowers The Price The ebook of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is $6.99 across most retailers. We are not sure if it's a permanent or temporary reduction. It is very possible that someone at some point told us, but we have been writing and editing, and we are not
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Medieval Breads and Time Sink
This post includes recipe videos, so if you are reading through email, it might help to read online instead. People often ask about research: how does it happen, what does it look like, and so on. Authors do research some very strange things, so I thought I would share a small snippet of this
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In Progress and
Today we bring you a cute in-progress trailer for the Innkeeper game. If you missed these news, we are developing it in house, so this is not quite solo developer, but dual developer project. It will take a while for it to reach playable stage. We estimate about 2 years. To be honest, several
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Blade and Dagger: a new series by Grace Draven
Grace Draven needs no introduction, but I will introduce her anyway. She is a USA Today bestselling author known for her lyrical romantic fantasy novels. She writes love stories that demand steep sacrifices, set in the worlds where arcane magic mixes with volatile currents of human passion, and
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Yo-ho-ho, and a Bottle of Rum
It is editing time, which means we are rewriting one sentence 7 times. Argh. Must brain better. We finished a small bonus bit for the trade paperback, our editor read it and pronounced it good, so full speed ahead. As always, the bonus scene is a true bonus, so you don't have to buy, but I would
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RARE London 2027
The yarn post has to wait. We will be attending RARE London on Saturday, July 17, 2027. Tickets will sell out fast, so if you are hoping to attend, here is the ticket link.
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